EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    Lake Biwa; Biwako

    琵琶湖は日本で一番大きな湖です。
    Lake Biwa is the largest lake in Japan.

Also written びわ湖【びわこ】

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Characters in this word

3
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glissando on strings, lute

On
Strokes
12
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Frequency
1965 of 2500
Radical
jade

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (14)
CodeReference
2-8-4SKIP code
4f8.10The Kanji Dictionary
1171.1, 1111.1Four corner code
7435Unicode hex code
1-40-92JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2472Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3653New Nelson (John Haig)
3453Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2420Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2912Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2921Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
21080Morohashi
pi2Pinyin reading
biKorean reading
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

lute

On
Strokes
12
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Frequency
1966 of 2500
Radical
jade

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (14)
CodeReference
2-8-4SKIP code
4f8.9The Kanji Dictionary
1171.7Four corner code
7436Unicode hex code
1-39-42JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2945Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3649New Nelson (John Haig)
3454Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2421Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2913Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2922Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
21081Morohashi
pa2, ba5Pinyin reading
paKorean reading
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

lake

Kun
みずうみ
On
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1344 of 2500
Radical
water
WaniKani
Level 35

Built from

Used in names as

うみ

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-3-9SKIP code
3a9.8The Kanji Dictionary
3712.0Four corner code
346deroo
6e56Unicode hex code
1-24-48JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2628Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3240New Nelson (John Haig)
604New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
736Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
439Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
551Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
148Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
159Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1086A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1584Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
573Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
17836Morohashi
276A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
467Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
475Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
394sakade
699Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
293henshall3
396Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
453Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1220Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
150Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
hu2Pinyin reading
hoKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
35WaniKani level